Robert Edeson
| Robert Edeson | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
June 3, 1868 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died |
March 24, 1931 (aged 62) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1912-1931 |
Robert Edeson (June 3, 1868, in New Orleans, Louisiana – March 24, 1931, in Hollywood, California) was an American movie and stage actor of the silent era. Edeson got his first boost in movies in 1914 when he starred in the Cecil B. DeMille directed film, The Call of the North (1914).
Edeson replaced actor Rudolph Christians in Erich von Stroheim's production of Foolish Wives (1922), after Christians died of pneumonia. Edeson famously only showed his back to the camera so as not to clash with shot footage of Christians that was still to be used in the completed film. He also starred in several Broadway productions as well.
Selected filmography
Fathers of Men (1916)
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | The Way of All Men | Swift |
| The Lash | Don Mariana Delfine | |
| Danger Lights | Tom Johnson | |
| A Devil with Women | General Garcia | |
| Pardon My Gun | Pa Martin | |
| 1929 | Romance of the Rio Grande | Don Fernando |
| Dynamite | Wise Fool | |
| 1928 | Walking Back | Edgar Thatcher |
| Beware of Blondes | Costigan | |
| A Ship Comes In | Judge Gresham | |
| 1927 | Altars of Desire | John Sutherland |
| Chicago | William Flynn | |
| 1926 | The Blue Eagle | Chaplain Regan |
| The Clinging Vine | T. M. Bancroft | |
| The Volga Boatman | Prince Nikita | |
| 1925 | Locked Doors | Norman Carter |
| The Golden Bed | Amos Thompson | |
| Men and Women | Israel Cohen | |
| The Prairie Pirate | Don Esteban | |
| 1924 | Thy Name Is Woman | The Commadante |
| Triumph | Samuel Overton | |
| Men | Henri Duval | |
| Feet of Clay | Dr. Fergus Lansell | |
| 1923 | The Ten Commandments | Inspector Redding |
| To the Last Man | Gaston Isbel | |
| The Silent Partner | Ralph Coombes | |
| 1922 | Sure Fire Flint | Anthony De Lanni |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Colonel Zapta | |
| Foolish Wives | Andrew J. Hughes | |
| 1915 | The Caveman | Hanlick Smagg |
| 1915 | On the Night Stage | Austin |
| 1914 | The Call of the North | Ned Stewart |
| 1913 | The Paymaster's Son | The Paymaster's Son |
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Edeson. |
- Robert Edeson at the Internet Movie Database
- Robert Edeson at the Internet Broadway Database
- Robert Edeson at Find a Grave
- a young Robert Edeson on the cover of THE THEATRE magazine September 1905
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